365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
The Long Way Around
Day 216: The wooded lot adjacent to my property is home to an abundant population of Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum). So abundant is it that a few years back, I decided to try to transplant some to my yard. The plants established in two of the three spots I chose for them and have been steadily spreading. Today I went next door to photograph the unusual flowers and, following a deer trail, cleaned out at least twenty occupied spider webs with my face. My ankles were savaged by trailing blackberry vines, my face scratched by dangling fir twigs as I tried to duck beneath them to get to the thickest ginger patch. When I arrived, I noticed that the leaves were still quite small. Closer examination found buds in the first formative stages, but none fully open. Having made the journey without profit, I forged a shortcut through the tangle to reach my back fence. Over the wire I went...to take a photo of the ginger growing in my very own yard. Sometimes, you just gotta do it the hard way.
Labels:
Asarum caudatum,
Wild Ginger
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